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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Takaji Wakita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriko Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Akazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaji Wakita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriko Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Akazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an antibody inhibiting infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The present invention provides an anti-hepatitis C virus antibody that recognizes a whole or a part of the conformation of a hepatitis C virus particle as an epitope and binds thereto, so as to be able to inhibit the binding of hepatitis C virus to the surface of a host cell and to inhibit HCV infection, a humanized antibody thereof, and an inhibitory agent for infection with hepatitis C virus.